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why do they burn jedi's? after they are dead ???

So theye vaoprate into ghosts... Honestly, I dunno.

Me either.

Tradition I suppose. I hear Obi-Wan took a bath with Qui-Gon's ashes.

Just kidding, but that is a good idea for some EU.

Originally posted by sweersa
Tradition I suppose. I hear Obi-Wan took a bath with Qui-Gon's ashes.

Just kidding, but that is a good idea for some EU.

spa treatment and all that.

tradition, yeah. and... maybe they just dunno where to bury all those bodies - cremation saves space, ya know. or.. well... maybe it has some special meaning or something to the Jedi.

i believe that burning the body of someone who has died in battle is the way they honor them. it also alloows the body to rest in peace. in old times they used this method to allow there soul to be set into the afterworld of death. by placing two gold coins on the eyes to pay the fairy man that carried the soul to heaven to rest peacefully and it is much easier to get rid of ashes then to try and bury a body. thats what i think they did these for in the movies.

They burn them for fun obviously. lol

They burn them to honor them, and also to make it easier for them to manifest as a Force Ghost.

There was deleted scene in ep 1 with qui gon's death, just as he was telling Obi wan that he wanted him to train Ani Kanye west suddenly walks in a goes 'Yo Qui Gon I'm real happy your dying...but vaders dying was the best star wars dying!' dur

Originally posted by coolmovies
why do they burn jedi's? after they are dead ???

in case they rise as jedi zombies...THE WORST JEDI EVAR!!

Originally posted by Sith Stalker
by placing two gold coins on the eyes to pay the fairy man...? you mean ferryman - his name was Charon, so i can see the reason for your mistake...

sorry double post =(

It is an honorable tradition. Nothing more.

How come Obi Wan and Yoda didn't need burning? They just disappeared.

i think the understanding is: if the jedi or force user is proficient enough in the knowledge of achieving force ghost status, and they are aware of their imminent death, they become one with the force quicker...therefore, apparently disappearing?

that's how i interpret it...